Improved kailwat-car door



T. MEIGHTON.

Car Door.v

Y No. 87,685A .Patentd-Mrch To all 'itmiafy concern 7 'riioMA-s R. LEIGTON, 0F CAMERONQMISSOURL Letters raient No. 87,685, Adimitri-mh 9,1869.

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The. Schedule referged in`tliese Letters Patent and ranking part of the-seme.

Be it know'n that I, THoMAsR. LmeufroN, of Cainrei-on, inthe county of Clinton, and'State of Missouri, liavefinvented a new and improi'ed Car-Door; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact deseriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,'reference being had to the aecompanying drawing, forming part of this speci- .iication, in which the drawing represents a side elevation of a box-car provided with my improvement.

' My invention consists, first, ina lower door, A, which 1 i is attaehed'by hinges to the bed-frame of 'the car, so as to open outward anddownward, aiid'tlius form a short platil'irm, forming of the ear. This arrangement of; thedoor facilitates the ingress or egress of cattle carried by rail.

The `wholedooighs shown inthe drawing, be,

lseen to 'consist of an .upper 1art,B, and the lower part A, before mentioned.

The upper part B slides laterally on the roda, on-

` which it hangs, whereby it may be easily pushed aside,

stillleaving-thelower part in plaee. 1

The' hinges fof the lower partare madeL easily re- "movable, by any suitable means, so that thesaid part may be removed to discharge freight,

notroomtn swing the same outward on its hinges.

by practical use,

when there is' An example of suchen 'csr is close-to a wall. i The simplest fornirci' a detachable hinge is shown. It consists in slipping the lower part d of each hinge in a socket," or staple, t, aiiixed to the bed-dame of the ear. A Thevalue' of the above invention has been shown.,

cacious'in facilitating tle transportation of cars are used'for.

Having thus described my inventiim,- I claim as pew,'fand desire tov secure Patent`V V 1. Thevombination, with the-door ,of the door B,

vsubstantially as' and for the' purpose shown and described.-

.2. The detachableV hinged door ofp box-car, snb' stantally as and for the purpose shown and described. ,The above specification of A'my invention fsigued, by`

p TnoMAs LEONARD.

occasion would be when the t0 be exceedingly valuable andeii--- grain in bulk,cattle, hogs, and general freight, such as boxby remis 

